Jennifer R. Wolch is a professor of Urban Planning, Geography and dean of the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design. Before accepting the dean position, Wolch was the Founder and Director of the Center for Sustainable Cities at the University of Southern California. She received her Ph.D in Urban Planning from Princeton University, her dissertation focusing on Urban Social Policy and Planning, Human-Animal Relations, Cultural Diversity and Attitudes Toward Animals and Urban Sustainability. Awards Distinguished Scholarship Honors by the Association of American Geographers, 2005 Rockefeller Fellowship Recipient, Residential Fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center in Italy, 2003 Guggenheim Fellowship Recipient, 1997 USC Raubenheimer Outstanding Senior Faculty Award, 1997 Residency at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1995–1996 Works Wolch, J. R., Pascale Joassart-Marcelli, Alejandro Alonso & Nathan Sessoms (2005). "Spatial Segregation of the Poor in Southern California: A Multidimensional Analysis". Urban Geography, 26(7):587-609, Wolch, J. R., Emel, J. (1998). Animal Geographies: Place, Politics and Identity in the Nature-Culture Borderlands. Verso. Wolch, J. R., Dear, M. J. (1993). Malign Neglect: Homelessness in an American City (Jossey Bass Public Administration Series). Jossey Bass Wiley. Wolch, J. R. (1990). The Shadow State: Government and Voluntary Sector in Transition. Foundation Center. Wolch, J. R., Dear, M. J. (1989). The Power of Geography: How Territory Shapes Social Life. Unwin Hyman. Wolch, J. R., Dear, M. J. (1987). Landscapes of Despair: From Deinstitutionalization to Homelessness. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. References External links http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/04/29_wolch.shtml http://college.usc.edu/cf/faculty-and-staff/faculty.cfm?pid=1003832&CFID=12972854&CFTOKEN=12467346 Living people UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design faculty University of Southern California faculty Princeton University alumni American geographers Women geographers Year of birth missing (living people)